ShivamSarodia/ShivyC

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1064 stars · 85 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

ShivyC is a hobby C compiler written in Python 3 that supports a subset of the C11 standard and generates x86-64 Linux binaries with some optimizations. It also produces helpful compile-time error messages and is distributed as a pip-installable package.

Use cases

• compile simple C programs to x86-64 Linux binaries
• learn how compilers work by reading a small Python implementation
• study lexer, parser, and IL generation techniques
• experiment with compiler optimizations and error message design
• compile example programs like a trie implementation in C

When to choose

• you want a readable, educational C compiler codebase written in Python
• you need to compile a small subset of C11 on x86-64 Linux
• you are teaching or learning compiler construction
• you want a lightweight compiler with only Python 3 as a dependency

When to avoid

• you need a production-grade compiler with full C11/C17 support
• you target platforms other than x86-64 Linux
• you need a full C preprocessor with macros
• compilation speed or standards compliance is critical

Facets

cli-tool · maturity experimental

compiler parser developer-tools compilers programming-languages developer-tools parsers python cli c-compiler hobby-project x86-64 c11-subset educational linux docker

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